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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Syrphus
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licking fly - Syrphus - male
Copyright © 2005 Jim McClarin

licking fly - Syrphus - Male
Windham, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
June 30, 2005
I can see my camera lens in the reflection!

Looks like this one taken by Tom Murray about which Robin McLeod said "Syrphinae, tribe Syrphini. I think the genus is either Eupeodes or Syrphus."

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 4 July, 2005 - 5:49am
Last updated 22 November, 2023 - 8:45am

Moved
Moved from Syrphus or Parasyrphus or Epistrophe or Eupeodes.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 November, 2023 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphini.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 17 January, 2016 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphus.
… Martin Hauser, 3 January, 2015 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

Syrphid Fly
The dorsal view looks like this one found in Bugguide here.
… Gerry Bunker, 4 July, 2005 - 8:43am login or register to post comments

 
It certainly does.
Thanks for hooking me up Gerry!
… Jim McClarin, 4 July, 2005 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

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